Director Of Financial Planning And Analysis

Company Background

Sensience is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered sensing, control, and sealing components.

We deliver mission-critical protection and valuable data for a wide range of systems, including appliances, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration units, industrial process equipment, motor vehicles, and aerospace. We have over 4,000 employees worldwide across 10 manufacturing facilities dedicated to keeping people and their homes safe.

Sensience brings a track record of over 75 years of innovation, quality, specialized expertise, a highly collaborative approach, and a commitment to growth – working together with our customers as valuable partners, helping to meet their critical objectives. We recently re-established ourselves as an independent company and looking for entrepreneurial minded candidates to help our company grow.

Position Summary

We are seeking a motivated and dynamic hands-on finance leader to manage the global FP&A function. The ideal candidate is someone unafraid of rolling up their sleeves but also excels in an executive environment and delivering the story behind the results. In this role, the Director of FP&A will be responsible for financial planning and reporting to drive improved business results. The candidate will be tasked with influencing the organization through a deep level of partnership and analysis to drive ongoing EBITDA expansion. As a key member of the Finance leadership team, the incumbent will be responsible for taking on additional activities as needed, including M&A, cash planning, and strategy development.

At Sensience we offer a flexible work schedule with the ability to work from home up to two days per week.

Position Responsibilities

• Oversee monthly consolidation, analysis, and publication of global financial results and forecasts, including internal and external reporting.
• Encourage an atmosphere of teamwork, safety, creativity, trust, and respect. Establish and maintain positive working relationships across finance and other functional areas to enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Use financial analysis and business acumen to provide decision support and/or make tactical and strategic recommendations in a variety of financial and non-financial areas at the business unit level
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate methods and techniques for the financial evaluation of projects and be eager to accept stretch assignments and ad hoc projects, as needed.
• Manage the preparation of the planning process cycle of budgeting and strategy reviews.
• Enhance and enforce standardized reporting to maintain consistent performance measurement and analysis.
• Report and interpret results of operations to executive management, comparing performance to operating plans and historical results.
• Direct the activities of the planning analysts and communications/support to managers and executives.
• Monitor capital expenditure budgeting and appropriation request evaluation. Evaluate major capital expenditure and new product development requests.

Position Requirements:

• Experience working effectively across various cultures, teams, and time zones.
• Skills in handling financial presentations and communicating with management personnel on all levels.
• Master’s degree in business administration or related field preferred
• Attention to detail, time management, problem-solving skills, and action-oriented
• 5+ years in a FP&A management role
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field
• Strong computer skills including experience with a major ERP such as Oracle/SAP, Financial consolidation tools such as HFM or OneStream, MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint.

Sensience is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE): race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, or any status protected by applicable law.

This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future are not eligible for hire.